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Introduction to JSON and PHP
Introduction to Computer Storage and Memory
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Comprehensive Guide to PHP / MySQL Tag Clouds (Includes Demo)
By Andrew Johnson (archived Mar 5, 2009)
Tags are a great way to organize user content such as photos, videos, articles and so on. This guide covers the necessary MySQL tables, SQL queries, PHP scripts, XHTML and CSS for adding tag support to your website. Apache mod_rewrite rules are also covered for search engine...
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UTF-8 Enabled: Apache, MySQL, PHP, Markup and JavaScript
By Andrew Johnson (archived Dec 30, 2008)
Does your web application only support the latin-1 (ASCII) character set? Are you having trouble switching over to UTF-8, running into garbled characters or question marks? In this article you'll learn everything you need to know about properly configuring Apache, MySQL, PHP...
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Beginners Guide to AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML)
By Andrew Johnson (archived Dec 29, 2008)
Asynchronous JavaScript and XML allows you to communicate with server-side scripts behind the scenes via a JavaScript XMLHttpRequest object. In this article you'll learn all about AJAX, the XMLHttpRequest class and how to start developing interactive web pages with AJAX. A b...
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Optimize Your Web Site by Using CSS Image Sprites
By Andrew Johnson (archived Dec 12, 2008)
Many web developers have replaced image slicing for a much better technique known as CSS Sprites. This technique results in cleaner markup, fewer HTTP requests, smaller file sizes and saves bandwidth. In this article you'll learn how CSS Sprites work and how to use them.